All images courtesy of Simon Effendi of Artistic Moments Photography in Roswell, GA. He does fashion, head shots, weddings, and family photos. Highly recommended!

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Note:

#4 was kind of bothering me. It was pretty... almost too pretty. So I compared it to the original, and it's been doctored to make me, to be honest, prettier than I really am. Simon is super talented, because I'm just not that smooth and young.

So I wanted to put up the real #4, which is more honest and raw.

More me.

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ANOTHER NOTE:

Replaced the beautifully airbrushed versions of 1 and 4 with the real me.

I... like my smile lines.

And Simon's photography is just phenomenal.

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YET ANOTHER NOTE, BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT REVISION:

Here's #5. I didn't put it in because it was all handsy, but it's growing on me.

They are all gorgeous, how could they not be? I think number 3 is the most amusing; you look as though you are trying not to tell us what you know, and that what you know is very very juicy. But number 1 is nice (I think the earring does distract a bit, but nice earring) and 4 is very sexy. And 2 shouldn't feel left out either.Why not just put them face down and pull one at random?

Okay, so they are all beautiful. Seriously. How the he'll do you run around after a three year old and still manage to look so good? Sheesh! That being said, I kinda like two because that expression suits your personality (well, as I've come to know it ver the last few years of reading your blog!).

I like 1 best, but honestly, I do think earring is too attention-grabbing. I think 2 is best all around compromise. But you are beautiful in all of them. I just notice whatever the white vertical post is in the background of 3, and the rock too much in 4.

Rereading my earlier comment, it sounds rather insensitive. I assure you the gravestone I knocked over is at least 250 years old, and I actually used it in one of my YA books. So I'm not being insensitive, really, and that ghost has no reason to haunt me.

I want to vote for #2 again. Thing is that smirk is the face you make when you are telling something fantastical or something you want the listener to believe. I love the idea of that being you telling your tail.